No, the idea is that you setup one SSID with both bands and allow your client device to choose which band is the better band to connect to at any given time. Some people of course use separate SSIDs and spread their devices around to minimize congestion for certain devices.
Clients are not concurrent dual band, so they cannot connect to both bands at the same time. Generally only routers are concurrent dual band (so they can have clients connected on each band at the same time).
Quick answers...
1) Common SSID and Passwords can work in many cases, letting the client choose - some clients don't do this very well, but many do
2) They're call AC1900 as these devices do TurboQAM (also known as VHT40) - since most clients don't support this mode, the difference on the WiFi between an AC1750 class and a AC1900 class is almost nothing in 2.4GHz
And if my Mac is N450 rather than N600, then I'm not going to see any wi-fi benefit from AC1900 (apart form the CPU)?
Hehe... you're overthinking it man...
More RAM - more clients supported - each connection is tracked in RAM
Faster CPU - more throughput as many tasks are interupt driven, so faster clock, shorter time needed...
If you want a second opinion - check out Wirecutter..
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-router/
BTW - if you're in the US, and near a T-Mobile store, they've got an awesome deal on the 68U...
They recommend the C7, but the C8 is a decent step up.
I kind of prefer the router to be agnostic
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